Mark Gonzales (B. 1968) is a Los Angeles-born, New York-based artist whose works range from drawing, painting, and sculpture to video, performance, and poetry. Gonzales has been skateboarding professionally since the early 1980s and is known for incorporating aspects of skate experience and aesthetic within his work. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally including Museum Hedendaagse Kunst De Domijnen (Sittard, Netherlands) and the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg (Germany).

Ari Marcopoulos (B. 1957) is an Amsterdam-born photographer and filmmaker who lives and works in New York and California. He has been documenting the American subculture since the 1980s, photographing icons such as artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy. His work is held in numerous museum collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (CA). Marcopoulos was most recently included in the 2010 Whitney Biennial.